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WaterAid film wins Best Charity Film in the Health and Wellbeing category at the Big Syn Film Festival

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid’s film ‘Before the Dawn’ was declared the Best Charity Film (Health and Wellbeing)  category at the 2024 Big Syn International Film Festival Award this month in a gala awards ceremony at Curzon Soho in London.  The Big Syn International Film Festival is the world’s biggest sustainability film festival, reaching over 50 million people in 120 countries, inspiring them to act on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and make positive changes for the environment, society and economy.  ‘Before the Dawn’, co-directed and produced by WaterAid’s David Jobanputra,…

Research finds UK’s school staff spent £40m of their own money supporting pupils in hygiene poverty in past year, as campaign calls on new government taskforce to help

Stuart Mitchell

Teachers are calling for urgent action from the government’s Child Poverty Taskforce as new research reveals the UK’s school staff have spent £40M over the past year supporting pupils with hygiene issues. This comes as growing levels of hygiene poverty impact children’s wellbeing and ability to learn.  Research from smol, in collaboration with charity, The Hygiene Bank, has found that the UK’s state school staff believe that, on average, over a third (37%) of pupils in their school are experiencing, or have experienced, hygiene poverty; not being able to afford…

Ex-offenders “neglected” in the workplace due to lack of digital skills, warns Digital Poverty Alliance

Stuart Mitchell

With current reoffending rates on the rise, prison leavers are facing neglect when seeking to reintegrate into society due to insufficient digital skills, according to the Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA). Government statistics reveal that the criminal reoffending rate is currently at 26 per cent, and has increased since 2021. The DPA believes that schemes like Tech4PrisonLeavers would largely decrease reoffending rates by providing ex-offenders with essential skills to make them an asset to society and employers. The DPA highlights a pressing need for all bodies to provide support and training…

Ten outstanding health and wellbeing charities win 2024 GSK IMPACT Awards 

Stuart Mitchell

Ten UK charities have been named as winners of the 2024 GSK IMPACT Awards for their excellent work improving health and wellbeing in their communities.   This year’s awards come at a time when many smaller charities find themselves working in a demanding and challenging environment. Rising costs, falling income and increased demand continues to put charities and their finances under extreme pressure. The cost-of-living crisis is having a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of many local communities, with a record 2.8 million people currently unable to work due to…

National Grid Community Matters Fund opens to help tackle fuel poverty

Stuart Mitchell

Charities and community organisations across the Midlands, South West England, and South Wales are invited to apply for a share of a major support fund set up by National Grid Electricity Distribution to help tackle fuel poverty this winter. Working again in partnership with Localgiving, the National Grid’s Community Matters Fund has already supported more than 900 grassroots organisations since it was launched in 2021 as an urgent response to the cost-of-living crisis. Now National Grid is calling on charities, councils and community groups of all sizes to apply for…